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Neko Zamurai (Fall 2013, various networks) is about Madarame Kyutaro (Kitamura Kazuki), a master swordsman from the Kaga domain who was dismissed from his job as a swordplay mentor, and became a masterless Samurai. He left his wife Oshizu (Yokoyama Megumi) and chooses the Way of the Sword, living in a narrow tenement housing in Edo. Poor and barely able to make a living, he has no choice but to take on a strange request: to kill a goblin cat. Sakichi (Mizusawa Shingo) a clerk of a dry goods store is claiming that a pet cat has possessed the soul of his master, Yozaemon (Yozaburo Ito). But when Kyutaro sneaks inside to assassinate the cat, what he sees is the adorable white cat, Tamanojo. Can't bear to kill the cat, he takes it home with him. He collects the payment, and tells the servant that he has interred the body of the cat in an urn. The truth is he is secretly keeping the cat. Then, thinking that his pet cat is dead, the owner is devastated and asks the relentless and ruthless constable Ishiwatari (Yuki Ryoichi) to pursue Tamanojo's killer... As Kyutaro tries to cope living with and taking care of the cat, he befriends donut-maker Wakana (Hirata Kaoru) and cat store proprietress, Oshichi (Yokoyama Megumi). He is also desperately trying to seek employment at a certain clan's residence but one of its members, Naito Kanbee (Kasahara Kinji) who was once his most bitter rival in swordplay, tells him his swordsmanship services are no longer needed at a time of peace. Will Kyutaro be able to regain his position as a Samurai while secretly taking care of Tamanojo at the same time?
© original text by: earthcolors


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